Branka Marijan
Senior Researcher, Project Ploughshares (website)
twitter: @brankamarijan
email: bmarijan [at] ploughshares [dot] ca
Senior Researcher, Project Ploughshares (website)
twitter: @brankamarijan
email: bmarijan [at] ploughshares [dot] ca
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Branka Marijan is a senior researcher at Project Ploughshares, one of Canada’s oldest peace research organizations. She leads research on the military and security implications of emerging technologies. Her work examines ethical concerns regarding the development of autonomous weapons systems and the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on security provision and trends in warfare.
Marijan holds a PhD from the Balsillie School of International Affairs with a specialization in conflict and security. She has conducted research on post-conflict societies and published academic articles and reports on the impacts of conflict on civilians and diverse issues of security governance, including security sector reform.
Recent Publications:
Branka Marijan is a senior researcher at Project Ploughshares, one of Canada’s oldest peace research organizations. She leads research on the military and security implications of emerging technologies. Her work examines ethical concerns regarding the development of autonomous weapons systems and the impact of artificial intelligence and robotics on security provision and trends in warfare.
Marijan holds a PhD from the Balsillie School of International Affairs with a specialization in conflict and security. She has conducted research on post-conflict societies and published academic articles and reports on the impacts of conflict on civilians and diverse issues of security governance, including security sector reform.
Recent Publications:
- "AI targeting in Gaza and beyond," published in The Ploughshares Monitor, Winter 2024, March 26, 2024.
- "Top Canadian military suppliers to the US: Fiscal year 2023," published in The Ploughshares Monitor, Winter 2024, March 26, 2024.
- "Can AI be governed," Project Ploughshares, October 30, 2023
- "The future of global conflict: A synthesis of contextual and technological perspectives," Project Ploughshares, October 2, 2023. *
- "AI's Oppenheimer moment?" Project Ploughshares, August 8, 2023.
- "The dilemma of dual-use AI," in Ploughshares Monitor, Autumn 2023. *
- "Regulating military use of AI," Project Ploughshares, June 15, 2023.
- "Military AI and civilian protection," Project Ploughshares, March 13, 2023.
- "Autonomous weapons and deepfakes: weaponization of AI and the urgent need for regulation," in Missing Links in AI Governance, UNESCO and Mila - Québec Artificial Intelligence Institute, March 2023. *
- "'Will Canada step up its diplomatic efforts on military AI?," Project Ploughshares, February 16, 2023.